Wolf-Dieter Storl

An ethnobotanical look at ancient heart beliefs, heart-strengthening herbs, and folk remedies for cardiovascular diseases• Discusses traditional understandings of the heart from early European cultures and indigenous peoples of the Americas, Asia, and Africa• Examines the heart as the home of the soul and an organ of perception and looks at traditional beliefs on what makes the heart sick• Presents...

To his devotees, Shiva is the entire universe and the core of all beings. Hindu myth shows him appearing at the beginning of creation as a giant pillar of fire from which this world sprang forth. Yet he is also the most approachable of gods, for he is the lover of lovers and the devotee of his devotees. Of the...